Written questions

Stansted Airport: Horses

Commons · Question 37143 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 19 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Border Inspection Post at Stansted Airport on the British horseracing industry; and whether he pla

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 19 Mar 2025

Defra is aware that Stansted has signalled an intention to relocate its Border Inspection Post to another site and that the timing of this remains uncertain. This is a commercial decision for the airport’s owners. No application to de-designate the existi...